garymgordon
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Mackie 1402-VLZ3 - having a problem sending Aux Send to microphone input on lap top.
I am producing a podcast and interviewing people. I have my own (main) computer and I have a separate lap top for use in connecting to Skype and bringing Skype calls into my Mackie 1402.
I have the headphone output on the lap top going into MIC 4 on the board. I then have the AUX SEND 2 going out to the microphone input on the lap top.
Note: Everything from the board is going out via the TAPE OUT (R / L) to my Marantz digital audio recorder, which records everything.
I also have 3 Heil PR 40 microphones running in on MIC 1, 2 and 3.
The sound from Skype (coming in from the lap top, into MIC 4) sounds fine. And I'm using a mix minus setup so that the person on Skype doesn't hear themselves.
But here's the problem:
The audio coming out of the AUX SEND 2 (when I put my headphone jack in there) sounds fine. But when I put a 1/4 mono plug into the AUX SEND 2 and bring it into the lap top using a stereo mini plug, .. the audio that the person on Skype hears is terrible. It sounds all broken up.
I'm not sure what is wrong.
Any advice? I've already tried variations on the cable going out from the Mackie to the lap top, meaning I've tried using a stereo 1/4 to a mono mini plug, stereo 1/4 to stereo mini plug, mono 1/4 to mono mini plug, mono 1/4 to stereo mini plug. But nothing makes it better.
Any thoughts?
Gary Gordon
I am producing a podcast and interviewing people. I have my own (main) computer and I have a separate lap top for use in connecting to Skype and bringing Skype calls into my Mackie 1402.
I have the headphone output on the lap top going into MIC 4 on the board. I then have the AUX SEND 2 going out to the microphone input on the lap top.
Note: Everything from the board is going out via the TAPE OUT (R / L) to my Marantz digital audio recorder, which records everything.
I also have 3 Heil PR 40 microphones running in on MIC 1, 2 and 3.
The sound from Skype (coming in from the lap top, into MIC 4) sounds fine. And I'm using a mix minus setup so that the person on Skype doesn't hear themselves.
But here's the problem:
The audio coming out of the AUX SEND 2 (when I put my headphone jack in there) sounds fine. But when I put a 1/4 mono plug into the AUX SEND 2 and bring it into the lap top using a stereo mini plug, .. the audio that the person on Skype hears is terrible. It sounds all broken up.
I'm not sure what is wrong.
Any advice? I've already tried variations on the cable going out from the Mackie to the lap top, meaning I've tried using a stereo 1/4 to a mono mini plug, stereo 1/4 to stereo mini plug, mono 1/4 to mono mini plug, mono 1/4 to stereo mini plug. But nothing makes it better.
Any thoughts?
Gary Gordon